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The Chinese mainland is preparing to send two pandas to Taiwan "soon", said a
mainland official on Wednesday while refusing to be drawn into giving a date for
their departure.
Two giant pandas
enjoy a stick of bamboo at a zoo in Beijing in May 2008.
Officials at Taiwan's biggest zoo said Wednesday they hoped to welcome a pair of
giant pandas from rival China as early as November, a move expected to draw
millions of tourists to the capital. [Agencies]
Panda experts were finalizing preparations for sending the animals to a
Taiwan zoo, said State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Li Weiyi.
Mainland authorities were discussing with Taiwan authorities the exit and
entry procedures, as well as quarantine measures, expert evaluations of zoo
conditions and training for the zoo keepers, Li told a press conference.
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